It was for naught folks. That’s what crazy ass murder is ‘for.’ Nothing.

Ironically, I’m giving my opinion.

Yes, in a strange way, unless the IOC acknowledges and memorializes their death, it was indeed for naught.

Actually, I disagree with you. In my provocative opinion, those deaths were for naught even if the IOC acknowledges and memorializes those death.

No, a moment of silence does not bring them back and it does not make anything better.

I guess we agree after all then.

Yes, you’re right, they died at the hands of terrorists seeking to raise the banner of their cause.

Ironically, this is what I wrote above:

“Unless we view it from the perspective of Palestinian nationalism, in which case their murder arguably furthered the goals of putting the PLO on the map.)”

Sof davar.

Actually, just because Adam Davis writes that something is “Sof davar” does not mean that an argument is over.

(And that includes moments of silence.)

Ironically, their murder was indeed for naught

(Unless we view it from the perspective of Palestinian nationalism, in which case their murder arguably furthered the goals of putting the PLO on the map.)

What exactly do you think they died for? A moment of silence in the London Olympics 40 years after their death, when none of the athletes at London were even alive in 1972?

The widows have accepted the death of their husbands with more dignity and grace than the IOC has accepted the need to honor those same men for their commitment to the Olympic spirit. The widows surely would have wished their husbands to be alive today cheering on their fellow athletes. Since that is not possible, they want an acknowledgement from the IOC that their horrible murder was not for naught, that their memories can serve as a testament to the spirit of the games.

In refusing to memorialize them publicly, the IOC demeans and cheapens their death. You do the same thing when you cite ludicrous and irrelevant arguments about soldiers in the War of 1812 in comparison to this event.

They were people, athletes and the circumstances of their murder made them symbols. Their memory should stand as a lesson to the world for the dignity of the spirit of humanity, silent and public.

At the 20th and 30th anniversaries, there was no Facebook.

the IOC has refused to honor their memory publicly. Their widows would like for them to do so before they die.

What their widows really would like is for their husbands not to have died in 1972.

That’s the justice they seek, but that kind of justice doesn’t exist in this world . . . . maybe in the next world.

The wars fought are not part of the Olympics. The soldiers fighting those wars were not participating in the Olympics nor the embodiment of its ideals. The Israeli athletes were, not because they were Israeli, but because they were Olympic Athletes. They were murdered in the course of competing in the Olympics and for 40 years the IOC has refused to honor their memory publicly. Their widows would like for them to do so before they die. Yes, there should be a permanent moment of silence for ALL members of the Olympic family who have died in pursuit of its ideals, especially those who were killed during the games for reasons that run counter to those ideals.